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No. 494,545. Patented Apr. 4, 1893.

f :FE-gea UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL W. BOWSER, WILLIAM H. SMAWLEY, AND PETER MULLIN, OF SOUTHENGLISH, IOWA.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,545, dated April 4,1893.

Application filed September 12, 1892- Serial 110.445,68?. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MICHAEL W. BowsEE, WILLIAM H. SMAWLEY, and PETERMULLIN, citizens of the United States, residing at South English, in thecounty of Keokuk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and usefulHorse-Power,of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements in horse powers; and the objectsin view are to provide a horse power device of cheap and simpleconstruction, adapted to be operated by one or more horses and soconstructed that the driving mechanism may be thrown out of connectionwith the winding mechanism, whereby it is neither actuated by noractuates said mechanism; and to provide means for automatically makingconnection between the driving and winding mechanism by the movement ofthe horse,wherebya single attendant located at some distant point atwhich the power generated is applied, may be enabled to control thehorse power.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawingszv-Figure 1 is a plan view of a horse powerconstructed in accordance with ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is adetail in perspeotive of the shifting lever standard. Fig. 5 is a detailin perspective of the master gear supporting standard or bridge. Fig. 6is a detail in perspective of the clutch sleeve.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates the sills of the framework and the same have their frontends rounded as at 2, whereby said sills may be employed as runners fortransporting the machine. The sills are connected by a front cross bar 3and in rear of the same by cross bars 4, 5, and 6, securely bolted toposition. Below the cross bars a diagonal brace 7 is also employed.

The cross bar 4 has its upper side curved, and securely bolted to thefront face of the same is an arched standard or bridge 8, the ends ofwhich are outwardly disposed, perforated, and bolted to the upper sidesand near the front ends of the sills. At its center the bridge isprovided with a vertical bearing 9, and directly below the same there isbolted to the cross bar 3 a bearing block 10. A shaft 1l is stepped inthe bearing block, and mounted for rotation in the bearing 9 of thearched standard 8. A washer l2 is mounted upon the shaft directly belowthe bearing 9, and directly below the washer a supporting pin 13 passesthrough the shaft, whereby the withdrawal of the shaft is renderedimpossible.

Upon the upper end of the shaft 1l is a master gear 14, the under sideof which is pro.- vided with an annular series of radial teeth 15 andthe periphery of which is provided at intervals with radial pins 16.Upon its upper side the wheel is provided with an annular raised portionor center 17, and upon the edge of the same there is bolted an invertedL-shaped keeper 18. A similar but smaller keeper 19 is bolted to thewheel, diametrically opposite the keeper 18, and terminating in thelatter and received by the former is a sweep 20, said sweep beingreduced at its inner end to fit the keeper 19, and opposite the terminalof the keeper 18 being provided v with a Vertical groove 2l, which whenthe lever is in position registers with a perforation 22, formed in thebase of the keeper 18. A pin 23 is passed into the perforation 22 andrests in the groove 2l. By removing this pin the sweep 20 may be removedfrom the keepers. A keeper 24 is located upon the master gear 14, and aperforation 25 is formed in said gear immediately in rear of the keeper.Through the keeper 24 is passeda leading bar 26, the same being providedwith a perforation 27, through which and into the perforation 25 ispassed a pin 28. In operation, a singletree is connected to the outerend of the sweep 20, while a leading string or strap is connected to theouter end of the bar 26.

Bearing boxes 30 are located upon the cross bars 5 and 6, and a bearing31 in line with the bearings of the boxes is formed in the bridge 8. Adrum shaft 32 is mounted for rotation in the bearings 30 and 3l andbetween the two former is provided with a drum 33 adapted to revolvewith the shaft. Around this IOO the drum and the other end passed undereither one of a pair of guide rollers 3G, journaled between the crossbars 5 and G near the ends of the same. Between the intermediate box 30and the bearing in the cross bar 4 the shaft is provided with a rigidclutch member 37, and mounted for sliding upon the shaft beyond theclutch member is asleeve 38, carrying at its rear end the movable clutchmember 39 and at its front end a pinion 40, engaged and driven by theteeth of the master gear. A washer 4l is located in front of and bearsupon the pinion, and between the washer and the bearing 3l is interposeda coiled spring 42, which normally presses the sleeve to the rear andthe movable clutch member into engagement with the xed member.

43 designates a standard, bolted between the cross bars 4 and 5, at oneside of the shaft, and at its upper end said standard is provided with aforwardly disposed keeper 44, which overlaps the master gear and retains the same in its seat. A lever 45 is pivoted as at 4G to the innerface of the standard, and above its pivot has a friction roller 47,which engages the clutch between the pinion and the rear clutch member.To the upper end of the lever is connected one terminal of a U-shapedspring 4S, said spring embracing the standard and provided at its freeend with an inwardly disposed shoulder' or catch 49, adapted to besprung over the front edge of the standard. When thus sprung over thestandard, the clutch is disengaged in that the sleeve is forced againstthe tension of the coiled spring to the front or toward the master gear,and when in such position the movable member of the clutch is withdrawnfrom the fixed member. 'Vhen in this position also, the end of the catchis directlyin the path of the pins with which the periphery of themaster gear is studded, so that when said gear is actuated, said pinscome in contact with and disengage the latch from the standard, so thatthe coiled spring will throw the clutch sleeve to the rear until theclutch is in operative position.

The under side of the cross bar 5 has secured thereto a pulley case anda rope 50 is passed between a pair of guide pulleys 5l mounted in thecase and has its end connected to the lower end of the shifting lever.The opposite end of the rope is passed through a perforation formed inthe sill 1, around the pulley of a sheave 52, anchored as at 53 to theground some distance from the apparatus, and from thence passes to thepoint at which the attendant is engaged in connecting the hay fork orother elevating device to the elevating rope.

From opposite sides of the sills project anchoring rods 54, the samebeing located at suitable intervals and terminating at their outer endsin eyes, through which pass stakes 55, driven in the ground and servingas means for retaining the apparatus in position. A pair of draft rods56 extend from the front ends of` the sills l and are loosely connectedby a draft ring, to which may be attached an ordinary singletree, andthus the apparatus slid from point to point.

In operation the horse is started and the studs of the periphery of themaster gear arriving in contact with the spring pressed latch 49,disengages the same from the standard and through the iniiuence of thecoiled spring the sliding clutch sleeve is thrown to the rear and as itsmember engages with the fixed clutch of t-he shaft, motion is impartedfrom the master gear, to the pinion and from thence to the shaft. Inthis manner the rope is wound around the shaft and the object to beelevated is operated upon. After the object has been elevated theattendant stationed at the same draws upon the shifting rope and swingsthe shifting lever as before described, so that its springpressedlatchis in engagement with the standard. The horse is stopped andthe elevating rope nnwound from the shaft in the usual manner, whichunwindin g of the shaft is not transmitted as will be observed, to themaster gear. Anew load is now connected to the elevating rope, and thehorse started, and as he does so the spring latch is disengaged by astud extending from the periphery of the wheel, `and thus the shiftinglever is released and the clutchthrown into operative position by meansof the coiled spring, so that the movement of the gear will betransmitted to the winding shaft.

Having described our invention, whatwe claim is l. In a horse power, thecombination with the frame-work, the vertical shaft,the master gearthereon, the drum shaft, the elevating rope leading therefrom, the iixedclutch member mounted on the shaft, the sleeve mounted on the shaft andprovided at one end with a clutch member and at the opposite end with apinion engaging the gear, of a standard lo cated at one side of thesleeve, a lever pivoted to the standard and loosely engaging the sleeve,a rope leading from the lower end of the lever and a spring pressedlatch connected to the lever and adapted to be sprung over the edge ofthe standard, in which latter position it is in the path of and adaptedto be liberated by studs located upon the periphery of the master gear,substantially as specified.

2. In a horse power, the combination with the frame-work, comprising thetransverse bars 5 and 6, having the bearings longitudinally oppositeeach other, and the arched standard 8 provided with the vertical andhorizontal bearings the latter being ink line with the bearings of thecross bars, of a vertical shaft monnted for rotation in the verticalbearings of the arched standard, the master gear thereon, and providedwith draft appliances and a series of peripheral lugs or pins, a windingshaft mounted in the longitudinally opposite bearings of the cross barsand arched standard and provided with one member of a clutch, a sleevemounted for re- IOO IIO

ciprocation upon the shaft, terminating at the pins of the master gear,Land. a cord or one end in a gear engaging the master gear, rope leadingfrom the lower end of the lever, and at its rear end inthe other memberof a substantially as specified. 15 clutch, a standard located at oneside of the In testimony that we claim the foregoing as 5 sleeve andsecured to the framework, a lever our own we have hereto affixed oursignatures pivoted to the standard and provided above in presence of twowitnesses.

its pivot with the pin engaging the sleeve be- MICHAEL W. BOWSER. tweenits gear and clutch member, a U -shaped WILLIAM H. SMAWLEY. springsecured to the upper end of the clutch PETER MULLIN.

1o and embracing the standard, and having its Witnesses:

free'end terminating in a latch for engaging v J. L. LAWLER,

the standard and extending into the path of J. E. VAN AUKEN.

